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| − | + | '''''Stable Expense''''' is a play in two acts by [[Kessie Govender]]. Also written ''[[Stablexpense]]''. | |
| − | + | == The original text == | |
| − | The play was first performed by the [[Stable Theatre Company]] in the 1970s, and gave a name to both the company and the [[Stable Theatre]] they used . | + | [[Kessie Govender]]'s first play. Basing his public comment on his experience in the building trade, the playwright launches a scathing attack on the authorities in the 1970s for spending the equivalent of the cost of a stable on a house in Chatsworth - when the stables were more structurally sound than these badly-constructed dwellings. |
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| + | Published by Institute for Black Research ; Madiba Publishers. | ||
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| + | ==Translations and adaptations== | ||
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| + | == Performance history in South Africa == | ||
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| + | The play was first performed by the [[Stable Theatre Company]] in the 1970s, and gave a name to both the company and the [[Stable Theatre]] they used. | ||
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| + | == Sources == | ||
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| + | [[Loren Kruger]], 1999: 148 | ||
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| + | http://www.stabletheatre.co.za/ | ||
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| + | http://www.kessiegovender.org/ | ||
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| + | [[NELM]] catalogue. | ||
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| + | Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]] | ||
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| + | == Return to == | ||
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| + | Return to [[ESAT Plays 1 S|S]] in Plays I Original SA Plays | ||
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| + | Return to [[South_African_Theatre/Plays]] | ||
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| + | Return to [[The ESAT Entries]] | ||
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| + | Return to [[Main Page]] | ||
Latest revision as of 16:02, 30 December 2016
Stable Expense is a play in two acts by Kessie Govender. Also written Stablexpense.
Contents
The original text
Kessie Govender's first play. Basing his public comment on his experience in the building trade, the playwright launches a scathing attack on the authorities in the 1970s for spending the equivalent of the cost of a stable on a house in Chatsworth - when the stables were more structurally sound than these badly-constructed dwellings.
Published by Institute for Black Research ; Madiba Publishers.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
The play was first performed by the Stable Theatre Company in the 1970s, and gave a name to both the company and the Stable Theatre they used.
Sources
Loren Kruger, 1999: 148
http://www.stabletheatre.co.za/
http://www.kessiegovender.org/
NELM catalogue.
Go to ESAT Bibliography
Return to
Return to S in Plays I Original SA Plays
Return to South_African_Theatre/Plays
Return to The ESAT Entries
Return to Main Page
